Facts Of Life TV Show Reboot In The Works At Sony

The Facts of Life may be the next show riding the revival wave back to TV, as Sony is reportedly considering a reboot of the 80s sitcom. The original show, a spinoff of the popular NBC series Diff'rent Strokes , chronicled the ups and downs of a group of teenagers at an all-girl boarding school in New York State. The main cast of Facts of Life included Charlotte Rae as headmother Edna Garrett, Lisa Welchel as spoiled rich girl Blair, Kim Fields as spunky Tootie, Mindy Cohn as naive Natalie, and Nancy McKeon as bad girl Jo. Many famous guest stars made their way through the doors of...Read more ...

The Facts of Life Reboot Now in the Works at Sony TV

The Facts of Life reboot now in the works at Sony TV
Deadline reports The Facts of Life reboot of the classic 1980's sitcom is currently in the early developing stages at Sony Pictures Televison. Leonardo DiCarpio's Appian Way and Jessica Biel's Iron Ocean Films are in talks to produce the series.
The Facts of Life follows the lives of Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae , and and four girls at the Eastland School which is an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York. The series dealt with the issues that teenage girls face such as drug use, sex, eating disorders and peer...Read more ...

‘Facts of Life' Reboot in the Works With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jessica Biel in Talks to Produce

You take the good, you take the bad, and there you may have a “The Facts of Life” reboot.
Sony Pictures Television has a comeback of the hit NBC sitcom in the early stages of development, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson's Appian Way and Jessica Biel's Iron Ocean Films in talks to produce. There is currently no writer or network attached to the project.
The “Diff'rent Strokes” spinoff aired on NBC from 1979 to 1988, starring Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett, a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
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‘The Facts Of Life' Reboot In the Works With Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way & Jessica Biel In Talks To Produce

EXCLUSIVE : Another classic 1980s sitcom is eyeing a comeback. I hear a reboot of The Facts of Life is in early stages at Sony Pictures TV , with Appian Way , the company run by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson, in negotiations to produce the project alongside Jessica Biel via her Iron Ocean Films. The potential series is currently looking for a writer. The studio declined comment.
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